functx:max-string
The maximum of a sequence of values, treating them like strings
Description
The functx:max-string function returns the maximum of the values in $strings. It differs from the built-in fn:max function only in treats values of all types like strings. The built-in fn:max function, by contrast, treats untyped and numeric values like numbers (and an error is raised if they are not numbers).
Parameters |
Description |
|---|---|
strings:string() |
the sequence of values |
Examples
XPath |
Results |
Explanation |
|---|---|---|
functx:max-string( $in-xml/* ) |
c |
Calling the fn:max function instead would have raised an error. |
functx:max-string( (100,25,3) ) |
3 |
XPath |
Results |
|---|---|
functx:max-string( $in-xml/* ) |
c |
functx:max-string( (100,25,3) ) |
3 |